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HR 990 114th Congress House

Commuter Parity Act of 2015

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the exclusion for transportation benefits.

Introduced: June 9, 2015 See on congress.gov
Taxation CommutingEmployee benefits and pensionsIncome tax exclusionInflation and prices
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Pedestrians and bicyclingPublic transitTransportation costs
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 13, 2015
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 Latest action February 13, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Commuter Parity Act of 2015

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the exclusion from gross income, for income tax purposes, of certain transportation benefits provided by an employer to an employee, including cash reimbursements for such benefits, to allow a monthly exclusion amount of: (1) $235 for transportation in a commuter highway vehicle from home to work and any transit pass, (2) $235 for qualified parking, and (3) $35 for qualified bicycle commuting reimbursement. Allows an annual cost-of-living adjustment to such exclusion amounts after 2016.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 13 Republican 2
Roskam, Peter
· Nov 5, 2015
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Nov 3, 2015
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Oct 23, 2015
 D
Duckworth, Tammy
Illinois · Jul 29, 2015
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Jul 7, 2015
 D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Jun 23, 2015
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 9, 2015
 D
Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Jun 2, 2015
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · May 12, 2015
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · May 12, 2015
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Apr 28, 2015
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Apr 28, 2015
Comstock, Barbara
· Apr 13, 2015
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 26, 2015
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 23, 2015
Costello, Ryan
· Mar 17, 2015
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Feb 26, 2015
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 13, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 990: Commuter Parity Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-990/
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"H.R. 990: Commuter Parity Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-990/.
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H.R. 990, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-990/.
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